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kombatboy

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so, here's the deal...
I am wanting to "build" per say an external harddrive, from newegg.com (which consists of buying the case and the drive and puttig it together) and one of my friends advised me not to fool with external harddrives because his "overheated". I don't believe that, because surely they make those external cases so they cool efficiently.

Has anyone else had or heard of a overheating issue with external harddrives?

BTW, the case I am looking at is found here...http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=17-146-308&DEPA=1

Thanks~
~TheKombatBoy~
 
Is a case even necessary for an external drive? I saw a converter on the front page of Hardocp. the other day that is pretty cheap, and converts a HD or CDROM(dvdrom etc) to usb and to use a power converter that it comes with
 
^^^ for asthetics (SP??) it is necissary...whow ants to stare at ugly HDD circuitry or ugly sticers on a HDD?

.....and also.....your friends an idiot

it wont overheat......the enclosure basically acts as a big heatsink really....
 
Actually, looking at a small enclosure, i disagree that it would act as a heatsink. Unless it is in total contact with the area of the HD...but still, it isnt designed as one. It wouldnt seem unreasonable that something like that *could* overheat, but im no expert.
 
My friend upgraded his lappy hard drive, and so with his old one, he bought like a $13 enclosure and housed his old drive in it. Of course, lappy drives are expensive, but his "external hard drive" is quite nifty.
 
it acts as what little heatsink is needed...in other words..its enough :p
 
yea, I do believe my "friend" is an idiot also...
he isn't very swift when it comes to computers, but I just wanted to see if anyone else had a similar issue.

I forgot to mention, when he got his replacement drive, he kept the unit in the refrigerator. I though that would kill the thing because of the temperature, but he ended up dropping it.

I am never seeking his computer knowledge or asking for his opinion again.

Thanks you guys!

~TheKombatBoy~
 
ACtually the whole thing about putting a HD in a fridge/ freezer has some uses. I forget what for, something about a HDD brain swap. I do remember i can cause condensation to form and stuff, which is bad.
 
some people put it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes when they die to get info off them.....

1)put it in
2)wait 10-15 minutes
3) take it out and promptly plug it into the computer and get your data off of it before it dies again....

at least thats what i remember it being done for...
 
SystemERRor said:
ACtually the whole thing about putting a HD in a fridge/ freezer has some uses. I forget what for, something about a HDD brain swap. I do remember i can cause condensation to form and stuff, which is bad.
Click to expand...

Frost-Free freezers might be safer.

Also, Kombatboy, I used to get corrupt data when my hdd temp was quite high. I recommend you make sure that harddisk does get enough heat dissipation. The maximum operating temperature for a harddrive is usually around 55C or 131F.

Keep in mind, Newegg only posts 4-5 star ratings and very rarely, a low rating (they are a vendor, remember that). Make sure you get opinions on this particular case from a computer forum.
 
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